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Feb
15
Humans are not the only species to have some form of
communication. Yet we do have the most complex forms of
communication extant. Hundreds of differing spoken languages and
dialects, several visual languages, and several different
alphabets, not to mention the various codes based on tones,
beats etc, exist all of which are there for the purpose of
communicating with other people. Human beings are social
creatures - communication amongst ourselves is part and parcel
of everyday life. Yet many ...Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
14
All I wanted was to fall in love and live happily ever after.
The End.
Except it wasn't that simple. At forty-something, I was hardly
'on the shelf', but I was the veteran of two divorces. That gave
rise to plenty of self doubt. It gave rise to another more
sinister, subtle symptom too: I didn't trust the opposite sex
not to hurt me again. And guess what? Since the women I was
meeting were in a similar age bracket, and also veterans of some
painful emotional history, their fears echoed mine. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
13
Summary: We achieve excellence when we habitually do a little
more than required.
Do you want to be excellent?
This seems like a daunting task, but it really isn't.
We admire one who is excellent.
We imagine that he or she must be gifted with an 'excellence
gene' that somehow places this individual in a more rarified
atmosphere than mere mortals.
With the possible exception of history's great geniuses, this
view could not be further from the truth. It will actually keep
us from our own ...Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
12
Feb
11
Feb
11
Summary: Force yourself to laugh and you will soon be laughing.
Have you ever seen Monty Python's 'And Now for Something
Completely Different?'
This collection of their most memorable skits includes one about
the world's funniest joke.
We are looking over a disheveled man's shoulder. He is hunched
over a desk scribbling on a piece of paper. On the floor of his
ill-kept bedroom are piles of crumpled paper, his discarded
joke-writing attempts.
The voice-over tells us that the man, Ernest ...Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
10
Summary: Our first impressions about money, work, and
relationships are lasting unless we choose to change them with
new information.
First impressions are lasting ones.
If those first impressions aren't good ones, modify them with
new information or live with the consequences.
The first impression we get of just about anything looms large
in our psyches. This first impression, for good or ill, will
resonate for a long time unless we do something constructive and
conscious to change it.
Our ...Read the rest of this entry »